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Test Your TTAB Judge-Ability: Are "PAULETTE" and "PAULETTE MACARON" Confusingly Similar to "PAUL" for Bakery Goods?

Holder Suisse S.A. opposed four applications to register the mark PAULETTE MACARON [MACARON disclaimed] and the marks PAULETTE in standard character form and in the two design forms shown below, for bakery goods and retail bakery shops, claiming likelihood of confusion with its registered mark PAUL for goods including flour, bread, and pastry. The Board found PAUL to be a strong mark, and the key issue was the similarity or dissimilarity of the marks. Would you sustain the oppositions? Holder Suisse S.A. v. Paule and Gerard Koumetz, Consolidated Opposition Nos. 91181892, 91181896, 91186200, and 91186198 (December 27, 2010) [not precedential].The Board wasted little time in finding Opposer's goods to be related to Applicant's goods and services, the trade channels to be the same, and the classes of purchaser overlapping...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on January 19, 2011 (boomark / email).